A view of the Calcutta High Court. File
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The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed {that a} second post-mortem of deceased Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Bijaykrishna Bhuniya be carried out.
The BJP worker was allegedly killed at Moyna in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district within the early hours of Tuesday and the members of the family approached Calcutta High Court demanding an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the homicide. Lakhi Bhuniya, spouse of the deceased who was current on the premises of Calcutta High Court, alleged that her husband was killed by Trinamool Congress supporters.
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court directed that the post-mortem shall be held at Kolkata’s Command Hospital and a medical board will oversee the process. The Court additionally directed that the members of the family of the deceased shall be offered safety by Central Armed Police Forces for the subsequent 4 weeks.
12-hour bandh
Meanwhile, outlets and industrial institutions remained shut in Moyna in State’s Purba Medinipur district within the wake of a 12-hour bandh known as by the BJP management in protest towards the homicide. BJP leaders organised protests together with street blockades at a number of locations in Purba Medinipur district. At sure locations, the police resorted to baton fees to disperse the BJP supporters. BJP leaders together with Moyna BJP MLA Ashok Dinda and BJP nationwide vice chairman Dilip Ghosh have been among the many leaders who participated within the protest towards the killing of the BJP worker.
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari welcomed the order and mentioned the deceased was from the Scheduled Caste group and the High Court had directed the police to file circumstances below the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Mr. Adhikari mentioned that regardless of the household approaching the court docket demanding a CBI probe on Tuesday, the post-mortem was carried out hurriedly at the behest of the Purba Medinipur district police. Mr. Adhikari mentioned on Wednesday that there can be a mass gathering at Moyna towards the killing of Bijaykrishna Bhuniya.
Three BJP supporters killed
State BJP management have alleged that previously seven days, three BJP supporters have been killed. Mrityunjay Barman, 33, a Rajbangshi youth, was killed at Kaliaganj on April 27. According to members of the family, the youth was shot by the police when policemen arrived to arrest his father.
Kaliaganj has been on the boil over the past week of April over the unnatural demise of a 17-year-old woman from the Rajbangshi group. Family members of Mrityunjay Barman have additionally approached Calcutta High Court demanding an investigation by the CBI into the homicide.
On April 29, Rajendra Shaw, a BJP chief, was shot lifeless on National Highway-19 below Jamuria police station in Asansol. According to State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, who met the members of the family of Bijaykrishna Bhuniya through the day, 11 get together supporters have been killed thus far through the run-up to the panchayat polls.
Political violence between political events and factions of the Trinamool Congress has emerged as a problem for the West Bengal ruling institution within the third time period of the Trinamool authorities.
While the BJP management was elevating pitch over the homicide of their get together supporter, the ladies’s wing of Trinamool Congress sat on a protest in Kolkata towards the Centre’s “deliberate deprivation” of the State together with non-payment of funds to central schemes. State Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and Kolkata South MP Mala Roy are among the many Trinamool leaders who participated within the dharna.
